The Everything Bridge Book: Easy-To-Follow Instructions to Have You Playing in No Time

by Brent Manley

Overview

What do Martina Navratilova, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet have in common? They're all bridge fanatics! The card came is popular again--at home, online, and in schools. Whether readers are learning bridge from scratch or looking to improve their game, this book is the ultimate contract bridge manual. Bridge master Brent Manley takes you step by step from the rudiments of bidding to the more advanced principles of tournament play. You learn how to:

• Play a contract and keep score
• Gain confidence in competitive bidding
• Recognize good vs. bad leads
• Successfully communicate with their partners
• Win tricks more frequently

This book provides readers with all the skills and tips they need to play this highly social and totally addicting card game!

This edition includes completely new information on:

• Important bridge terminology
• Bidding accuracy and judgment
• Online bridge

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605507095
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	05/18/2009
Series:	Everything® Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	732,511
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Brent Manley is the editor-in-chief of The Bridge Bulletin, the bridge magazine with the world's largest circulation published by the American Contract Bridge League. He has been on the staff of the magazine since 1989 and has been editor since 1997. A tournament bridge player since 1975, his master point holdings put him in the top five percent of tournament players. He has written extensively about the game for more than a decade and edited most of the world's best-known bridge writers. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Why Play Bridge?
Chapter Two: In the Beginning
Chapter Three: The Vitals Of Scoring
Chapter Four: Opening Bids, Good Bidding Makes Good Bridge
Chapter Five: Overcalls: The Opponents Have Opened
Chapter Six Responder: The Next to Bid
Chapter Seven: The Law of Total Tricks
Chapter Eight: Collecting The Clues
Chapter Nine: Eloquence In The Auction
Chapter Ten: Winning More Tricks
Chapter Eleven: More Playing The Hand
Chapter Twelve: Defending The Hand
Chapter Thirteen: Solving The Mystery
Chapter Fourteen: Cutting Edge 2/1
Chapter Fifteen: Flow Charts For Understanding
Chapter Sixteen: Advanced Card Play
Chapter Seventeen: Where To Play
Chapter Eighteen: The Manners Of Bridge
Chapter Nineteen: Slam Bidding
Chapter Twenty: Be A Great Partner, Find a Great Partner
Appendix